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The Zork save function checks that the user has a directory, and that there is a _MSGS_ file in it.
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# Games
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### Adventure
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There are three versions of Adventure installed: the original Crowther
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version, a 350-point version, and a 448-point version. To play them,
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type one of:
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- `:advent`
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- `:games;adv350`
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- `:games;adv448`
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### Checkers
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Checkers program by Alan Baisley. To play, type `:games;ckr`.
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### ITSter
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Donald Fisk wrote this implementation of a classic puzzle game for ITS
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in 2002. To play, type `:q games;itster (init)`.
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### Jotto
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Two players, one of which is the computer, competes in first guessing
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a five-letter word. To play this, type `:jotto`.
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### Mac Hack VI
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This is Richard Greenblatt's chess program. Type `:games;ocm` to play.
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For instructions, see CHPROG; OCM ORDER.
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There is also an older version `:games:c` which can draw the chess
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board on a Type 340 display. Type
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<code>FANCY<kbd>TAB</kbd>2<kbd>Enter</kbd></code> to get the fanc
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chess board.
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### Maze
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First multi-user first person shooter. When logged in on an Imlac,
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type `:games;maze c` to play. The `c` is necessary to avoid
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restrictions on when the game can be played. Use `r` to start a robot
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player.
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Game controls are: Arrow keys to move around, ESC to fire, and TAB to
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see the overhead view. ^Z exits back to ITS.
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### MAZLIB
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This is a maze game for EMACS. To play, start EMACS and type
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<code><kbd>M-X</kbd>Load Library<kbd>$</kbd>mazlib</code>, then
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<code><kbd>M-X</kbd> Maze Run</code>.
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### MLIFE
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This is a Conway Game of Life by Mike Speciner. Type `:games;mlife` to
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run it.
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### Spacewar
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This is a PDP-6/10 port of Steve Russell's PDP-1 game, using the Type
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340 display. It can run either standalone on a PDP-6 or 10, or in
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timesharing on a PDP-10.
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To run it standalone, start DSKDMP and type `spcwar`. To run in
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timesharing, type `:games;spcwar`.
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Notes:
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- Only the KA10 emulator can run this game.
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- Remember to enable the Spacewar consoles (game controllers). `set
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wcnsls enabled` in the emulator.
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- Timesharing Spacewar doesn't work yet.
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### Tech II
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Chess program by Alan Baisley. To play this, type `:games;chess2`. For
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instructions, see CHPROG; CHESS2 ORDER.
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### Trek
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Star Trek simulation. To play this, type `:games;trek`.
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### TVWAR
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Knight TV adaptation of Spacewar. To play this, type `:games;tvwar`.
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### Wumpus
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Enter a cave and hunt a creature called a wumpus. To play this, type
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`:wumpus`.
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### Zork
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Classic text adventure game. To play, type `zork^K`. For the save
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function to work, you must be logged in, have a user directory, and
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have a "\_MSGS_ *\<user name>*" file in it. For example, if you chose
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the user name FOO:
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```
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:login foo
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:print foo; ..new. (udir)
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:create foo; _msgs_ foo
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^C
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```
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For more information, see [madadv.info](madman/madadv.info) and
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[madadv.help](madman/madadv.info).
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